text: Image copyright Geograph/Richard Webb Image caption A member of the public raised the alarm after spotting the man in the water at East Sands, St Andrews
  Police have established the identity of a man who died after being found unconscious on a Fife beach.
  The breakthrough came a day after an appeal was launched to trace his loved ones.
  The 76-year-old, who has not been named, was spotted in the water at East Sands, St Andrews at about 20:25 on Monday.
  He was recovered by the coastguard and airlifted to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, where he was pronounced dead.
  A force spokeswoman said: "The death is being treated as unexplained, but not suspicious."